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cova

See also: Cova

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *cova, itself an alteration of Late Latin cava (or of a Vulgar Latin *covum, *covus), from Latin cavus.

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Noun

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cova f (plural coves)

  1. cave
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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cova

  1. inflection of covar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin cōda.

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cova f (plural coves) (ORB, broad)

  1. tail

References

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  • queue in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • cova in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

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Cova ("cave") of Eirós, Galicia

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Either from an archaic Latin *covus, Classical cavus (or variant of a Late Latin cava, from cavum),[1] or from Vulgar Latin covus (“hollow of the hand”),[2] or from a substrate; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Cognate with Portuguese cova and Spanish cueva.

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Noun

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cova f (plural covas)

  1. cave; cavern; grotto
    Synonyms: cafurna, caverna, covo, espenuca, furna, gruta, pala
  2. grave
    Synonyms: burata, tumba
    • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
      Anque à prea non hègrande
      si ca si, ò sacristan
      disque à pestàna do figado
      se lle hiba alegrando já.
      Ô cont'hè, si enturra n'eso
      Deus me libre das suas más,
      que'anque eu non queira, na Coba
      de chantarme heche capàz.
      Although the booty is not large,
      anyhow, the sacristan's
      liver's eyes, reportedly,
      were shinning bright.
      The issue is, if he persists,
      God save me from his hands,
      that even if I don't want, in the grave
      he is capable of thrusting me
  3. cave or hole in a surface
    Synonym: coviña
  4. den
    Synonyms: tobo, toco

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Adjective

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cova

  1. feminine singular of covo

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cueva”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gavilla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈko.va/
  • Rhymes: -ova
  • Hyphenation: có‧va

Etymology 1

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Noun

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cova f (plural cove)

  1. brooding
    fare la cova ― to brood

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cova

  1. inflection of covare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cova, from Vulgar Latin *cova, from covus, alternative form of Latin cavus (or from a variant of Late Latin cava, from cavum, cavus), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”). Compare Spanish cueva.

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  • Hyphenation: co‧va

Noun

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cova f (plural covas)

  1. hole, hollow, cavity
  2. cavern
  3. grave

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Adjective

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cova

  1. feminine singular of covo
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